This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 132 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 132 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is responsible for the reduced blood flow to the heart? A) Chlorine. B) Fluorine. C) Sodium. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 2. How does the heart rate compare between women and men? A) Women have a higher heart rate than men. B) Men have a higher heart rate than women. C) Both have the same heart rate. D) The heart rate frequencies of the two cannot be compared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Women have a higher heart rate than men. 3. Human Heart Beats How many Times in a minute? A) 100 times. B) 72 times. C) 200 times. D) 50 times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 72 times. 4. Oxygen from the air enters the blood stream at what location? A) Cardiac Notch. B) Pulmonary Vein. C) Alveoli. D) Paranasal Sinuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alveoli. 5. What makes the LUB-DUB sound? A) Your veins. B) Your arteries. C) Your capillaries. D) Your valves in the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your valves in the heart. 6. What happens to carbon dioxide during exhalation? A) It is converted into oxygen. B) It is expelled from the body. C) It is unloaded into the lungs. D) It is transported throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is expelled from the body. 7. Select the three parts of our circulatory system. A) Esophagus, trachea and heart. B) Arteries, veins and heart. C) Nerves, spinal chord and heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arteries, veins and heart. 8. Through what blood vessel does oxygen poor blood LEAVE the heart to get blood from the lungs? A) Pulmonary artery. B) Vena cava. C) Aorta. D) Pulmonary vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary artery. 9. Which of the following structures carry blood to the heart? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Vena Cava. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veins. 10. The process of hemostasis (forming a blood clot) is completed by which type of cells? A) Agranulocytes. B) Granulocytes. C) Thrombocytes. D) Erythrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thrombocytes. 11. Which of the following define diastole and systole A) Systole is the contraction of the heart and diastole is the relaxation of the heart. B) Diastole is the contraction of the heart and systole is the relaxation of the heart. C) Diastole and systole are both contractions of the heart. D) Diastole and systole are both relaxation phases of the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Systole is the contraction of the heart and diastole is the relaxation of the heart. 12. What do all cells need in order to function? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Platelet. C) Plasma. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 13. Keeps blood flowing in one direction A) Chamber. B) Artery. C) Vein. D) Valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Valve. 14. The inner most layer of arteries are made of: A) Elastic fiberse. B) Endothelium. C) Nerve tissue. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endothelium. 15. Which part of the blood is part of your immune system and is responsible for fighting disease? A) Plasma. B) Red Blood Cells. C) White Blood Cells. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White Blood Cells. 16. Diffusion is the natural movement of molecules from: A) Areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration. B) Areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration. C) Gaseous to liquid environments. D) Cold to hot environments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration. 17. Which heart chambers has the thickest wall? A) Right atrium. B) Left ventricle. C) Right ventricle. D) Left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left ventricle. 18. It's a VEIN in the leg A) Carotid artery. B) Vena cava. C) Femoral vein. D) Femoral artery. E) Jugular vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femoral vein. 19. Which is the correct statement about platelets? A) They fight against disease. B) They contain haemoglobin. C) They can be produced by a type of blood cell. D) They help the blood to clot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They help the blood to clot. 20. Blood circulates through your body through ..... A) The large intestine. B) Your skeletal system. C) The nervous system. D) A network of vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A network of vessels. 21. What are the three functions of the blood? A) Transportation, Filteration, and Protection. B) Transportation, Temperature Regulation, and Protection. C) Protection, Temperature Regulation, and Filteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation, Temperature Regulation, and Protection. 22. It is the system that transforms food into energy. A) Digestive System. B) Immune System. C) Endocrine System. D) Excretory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digestive System. 23. The role of the Respiratory System is to ..... A) Transport blood throughout the body. B) Take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide from the body. C) Breaks down food and distributes nutrients throughout the body. D) Protects the body's vital organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide from the body. 24. As blood moves, it keeps coming back to this A) Capillaries. B) Heart. C) Muscles. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 25. The muscular organ that holds the vocal chords is the ..... A) Epiglottis. B) Pharynx. C) Larynx. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Larynx. 26. Which of the following statements about he myocardium is NOT true? A) It's the layer of the heart wall that contracts. B) Composed of cardiac muscle. C) Arranged in thick twisted bundles. D) Secretes pericardial fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secretes pericardial fluid. 27. How many loops are there in the circulatory system? A) Four. B) Three. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 28. The organ that functions to pump blood throughout the body is..... A) Blood vessel. B) Heart. C) Kidney. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 29. Which direction does blood travel from the heart? A) Arteries-Capillaries-Veins. B) Veins-Arteries-Capillaries. C) Capillaries-Veins-Arteries. D) Veins-Capillaries-Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries-Capillaries-Veins. 30. A heart attack is a condition that most affects the ..... A) Circulatory System. B) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circulatory System. 31. The muscles that move your bones are ..... muscles. A) Involuntary. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal. 32. Is the right and left atrium separated by the interatrial septum or interventricular septum? A) Interatrial septum. B) Interventricular septum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interventricular septum. 33. Blood vessels near the skin become wider to give off heat ..... what kind of job is this? A) Transport. B) Protection. C) Regulation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulation. 34. Arteries carry blood ..... from/to the heart A) Away. B) Towards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Away. 35. The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood as it returns from the lungs is the ..... A) Right atrium. B) Left ventricle. C) Right ventricle. D) Left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left atrium. 36. To make our bones strong and healthy, we should eat foods which are rich in A) Calcium. B) Fats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 37. The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. This type of blood vessel is the thinnest and allows for the transfer of nutrients and oxygen to the cells of the body. A) Veins. B) Capillaries. C) Arteries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillaries. 39. When the heart relaxes, the blood A) Flows into the heart from the veins. B) Flows into the heart from the arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flows into the heart from the veins. 40. The size of the heart can be compared to the ..... A) Size of a foot. B) Size of a fist. C) Size of your ear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Size of a fist. 41. Who is not at risk of high blood pressure? A) Sister Pareena is nearing menopause. B) P'Aek exercises regularly. C) Uncle Yut is easily angered. D) Uncle Pom has arteriosclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P'Aek exercises regularly. 42. The cardiovascular system helps maintain homeostasis by A) Slowing down to reduce blood pressure when resting. B) Filtering out more water for waste excretion. C) Increasing breathing to raise blood pH. D) Sending hunger signals to the brain when energy is low. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slowing down to reduce blood pressure when resting. 43. The lower parts of the heart called A) Atria. B) Ventricles. C) Valve. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ventricles. 44. How many major organs in our body? A) 7. B) 6. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 45. Carbon dioxide is considered as ..... A) Fun party favor. B) Food. C) Energy. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waste. 46. A person with blood group O can give blood to A. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. If two parents have type AB blood, what is the probability that their child will have type O blood? A) 0%. B) 50%. C) 100%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0%. 48. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that helps your body fight pathogens. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. Shape of heart ..... హృదయం ఆకారం ..... A) Triangular. B) Pear shaped. C) Anterior end wider and posterior end narrower. The anterior extremity is wide and the region narrow. D) All the above పైవన్నీ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above పైవన్నీ. 50. Which of the following is NOT one of the four main blood types? A) AB. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 51. These are between the atria and ventricles that allow blood to flow through the chambers A) Septum. B) Ventricles. C) Atria. D) Pulmonary Circulation. E) Valves. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Valves. 52. The largest artery in the body (which takes blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body) is the: A) Brachiocephalic Artery. B) Carotid Artery. C) Pulmonary Artery. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aorta. 53. Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to all parts of the body except the lungs? A) Inferior Vena Cava. B) Superior Vena Cava. C) Aorta. D) Pulmonary Artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aorta. 54. What is the name of the protein found in the skin? A) Hemoglobin. B) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collagen. 55. Name the two chambers of heart. A) Bicuspid valve and tricuspid valve. B) Ventricles and Atria. C) Aorta and Auricles. D) Ventricles and Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ventricles and Atria. 56. There are 3 kinds of valves that located in our heart:Semilunar valves, Tricuspid valve, and Bicuspid valve. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. Means of circulation in our body ..... A) Blood. B) Lymph. C) Both. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 58. Blood vessels that carry blood TO the heart are called A) Arteries. B) Platelets. C) Veins. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veins. 59. What system of our body is responsible for our breathing? A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. C) Respiratory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Respiratory. 60. 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